Portfolio 1

New York: Light Impressions Corporation, n.d. [1975]. First, Limited Edition. 4to. 30cm x 23.5. Limited to 50 copies only. Publisher's grey paper-faced card portfolio, titled to a paper label applied to the front panel, minor rubbing and scuffing to extremities, purely superficial, and a little soiling to the white paper label. Portfolio perhaps a trifle flattened, but essentially a very good, clean copy indeed. Inside cand be found 10 25cm x 20cm silver gelatine prints consider iconically representative of Hine's work, a single sheet prospectus for the portfolio, a single sheet describing the contents, and a further single printed sheet with a timleline of Hine's career and a short suggested bibliography for further reading. Included are a number of Hine's best known and instantly recognizeable images, including his 1920 image of a young Power House mechanic, the 1931 image of The Empire State Building, and the 1905 image of a Slovak Woman at Ellis Island, carrying all of her worldly possessions on her back. A scarce collection of Hine's work, illustrating the full power of his imagery, and making it entirely clear how they could be so instrumental in bringing about radical change to, among other things, America's early 20th century Child Labor Laws. [63373].